O+M Service Facility and Port in Vineyard Haven
Will Serve as Headquarter for the Long-Term Operation of the
Nation’s First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Project
Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company
and member of the Iberdrola Group, and Copenhagen Infrastructure
Partners (CIP), a global leader in green energy investment and in
offshore wind development through its affiliate Vineyard Offshore,
joined Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey on Martha’s Vineyard for
a tour of the Operations and Maintenance facilities that will
provide long-term support services for the first-in-the-nation
Vineyard Wind 1 project. As part of the visit, which took place on
Thursday, June 6, 2024, Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra joined Governor
Healey to see the progress on two facilities – a newly constructed
Marine Terminal, and an O&M Service Building on Beach Road –
that will be critical to the successful operation of the wind farm
while creating approximately 90 jobs. In 2022, Avangrid finalized
an agreement to assume responsibility as the operations and
management services provider for Vineyard Wind 1, the first
large-scale offshore wind project in the United States.
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Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra joins
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, State Senator Julian Cyr, and
state and local officials at the Operations and Maintenance Service
Facility on Martha’s Vineyard for the company’s Vineyard Wind 1
project on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Governor Healey is a steadfast champion for clean energy,
climate action, and historic Massachusetts communities like
Martha’s Vineyard, so Avangrid was proud to join the Governor to
tour the critical facilities that will serve as the base of
operations for our first-in-the-nation Vineyard Wind 1 project,”
said Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra. “Locating our O&M
headquarters in Vineyard Haven is a reflection the island’s proud
history, as well as the important role this community will play in
pioneering Massachusetts’ clean energy future. Avangrid looks
forward to leading the operations and maintenance services for this
first-in-the-nation project once it achieves commercial operations,
and strengthening our bonds in the Martha’s Vineyard community for
decades to come.”
Vineyard Wind broke ground on the facilities in 2022. The
facilities will provide support services for the windfarm once it’s
operational, creating 90 jobs while also bolstering the community’s
environmental sustainability goals.
In 2022, Avangrid finalized the Operations and Maintenance
Service Agreement and Asset Management Agreement, which designate
Avangrid as the party responsible for overseeing the operation and
management of the facility once construction is complete and
commercial operations begin.
Through these agreements, Avangrid will provide services to the
Vineyard Wind project and be the lead for the operations management
of the wind farm, including the supervision of critical tasks such
as turbine, cable and substation maintenance, coordination of
contractors, 24/7 control center services, trading, and assets
management.
Avangrid is hiring approximately 20 technically qualified
employees, including key roles that will receive intensive training
overseas through Iberdrola’s operational offshore wind farms in the
United Kingdom and Europe, helping to prepare them to knowledgeably
operate the groundbreaking U.S. windfarm.
In addition to O&M technicians, the facilities will employ
people with a range of skillsets, such as site managers, planners,
helicopter pilots, crew transfer vessel (CTV) support staff, and
health, safety and environmental (HSE) managers, among other
positions.
The Marine Terminal can support up to three Crew Transfer
Vessels (CTVs). Two CTVs were in port on Thursday, which transport
O&M technicians to the windfarm.
The O&M service building, located on Beach Road near the
port, includes warehouse, storage, and office space. The building’s
design incorporates sustainability and climate resiliency
initiatives. It is elevated 10 feet above street level standing on
steel piles, providing flood resiliency as well as parking. The
building will also feature solar panels, electric vehicle charging
stations and bike parking.
Vineyard Wind also constructed a hangar at the Martha’s Vineyard
Airport to house a helicopter that will service the project. Like
the O&M service building, the hangar also includes
sustainability initiatives, including an all-electric heating
system.
Vineyard Wind has been actively working to fill positions with
island residents, hosting multiple job fairs and weekly office
hours. In December 2023, project shareholders announced that
Vineyard Wind 1 has delivered nearly double of its commitment
through the PLA by creating 937 union jobs through two years of
construction.
Vineyard Wind began offshore construction in late 2022, achieved
steel-in-the-water in June 2023, and completed the nation’s first
offshore substation in July 2023. Construction flows through the
New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal. In July 2021, Vineyard Wind
signed the first Project Labor Agreement for an offshore wind
project in the United States, which outlined the creation of 500
union jobs through the project.
An 806-megawatt project located 15 miles off the coast of
Martha’s Vineyard, Vineyard Wind will generate electricity for more
than 400,000 homes and businesses in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, create 3,600 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) job years,
save customers $1.4 billion over the first 20 years of operation,
and is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million
metric tons per year, the equivalent of taking 325,000 cars off the
road annually.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be
the leading sustainable energy company in the United States.
Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $45 billion in
assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary
lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks
business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas
utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and
New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and
operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities
across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000
people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST
100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens – in
2024 for the fourth consecutive year. In 2024, Avangrid ranked
first among utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the
U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the
World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive
year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group
of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information,
visit www.avangrid.com.
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